Bette Davis
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Filmography
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All About Eve
(1950)Joseph L. Mankiewicz writes and directs this classic award-winning drama starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter. Eve Harrington (Baxter) is famous actress Margo Channing (Davis)'s biggest fan. When, by chance, she gets to meet the great lady, she quickly ingratiates herself into her life.

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
(1962)Two aging sisters—both former celebrities—are bound together in a psychopathic relationship by their mutual dependency, jealousy, and hatred.

Dead Ringer
(1964)Edith kills Margaret, her twin, and takes her identity, fooling Edith's boyfriend but not Margaret's lover.

The Whales of August
(1987)Libby and Sarah are two elderly widowed siblings who have arrived at an impasse. Can they rediscover the powerful bonds of memory, family, and love?

Watch on the Rhine
(1943)Nazi agents pursue a German freedom-fighter and his family to Washington.

A Stolen Life
(1946)A twin takes her deceased sister's place as the wife of the man they both love.

Old Acquaintance
(1943)Academy Award winner Bette Davis stars as the well-respected author Kitty Marlowe, who returns to her small town birthplace where her life becomes embroiled with a now-jealous Old Acquaintance. Despite Millie Drake's (Miriam Hopkins) life as a happy wife and mother, she becomes envious of Kitty's success -- and writes a trashy novel that is published with huge success. As Millie's fame soars an...

Another Man's Poison
(1951)In an isolated house, mystery writer Janet Frobisher is involved in potentially murderous relationships.

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
(1964)A decaying plantation is the setting for this macabre tale of two spinsters and a 37-year-old axe murder.

Payment on Demand
(1951)David (Barry Sullivan) gives his wife, Joyce (Bette Davis), an unexpected -- and unpleasant -- surprise when he suddenly demands a divorce. When she then learns that David has taken up with a younger woman, Joyce decides to make the most of this separation by taking a solo trip to the Caribbean. However, just before diving into a vacation fling, she runs into Emily (Jane Cowl), an old chum whose own divorce has left her embittered. Joyce then debates giving married life one last chance.

Dark Victory
(1939)Bette Davis stars as a hedonistic socialite who learns to value the simple things in life after being diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor in this three-hanky drama.

That Certain Woman
(1937)When Mary Connell - the innocent young wife of a notorious gangster - suddenly becomes a young widow, she tries to improve herself but finds her past difficult to escape.

The Star
(1952)A faded film star fights to hold on to her past glamour despite failing finances.

The Catered Affair
(1956)When Jane tells her parents she's engaged to be married, they are overjoyed. But while Jane says she wants a simple ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Hurley insist that no expense be spared.

Madame Sin
(1972)An ex-CIA agent becomes the pawn of a sinister genius who lives in a castle full of spy technology and uses him to help her steal a Polaris submarine.

Return from Witch Mountain
(1978)Two sinister masterminds manipulate a boy's supernatural powers as Los Angeles is on the brink of a nuclear disaster. But the youth's sister and a streetwise band of truants join forces in a desperate attempt to save the city.

Satan Met a Lady
(1936)Before Bogart and Huston created the most enduring film version of Dashiell Hammett's detective novel The Maltese Falcon, this Bette Davis rendition brought the thriller to the screen in a somewhat comedic style, telling the twisting tale of a detective who is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief. Detective Ted Shayne (Warren William) is hired by Valerie Purvis (Davis) to find a woman named Madame Barrabas (Alison Skipworth). But Valerie has a secret that endangers Ted's life, while a valuable jewel-encrusted ram's horn serves as the key to the whole affair.

Hell's House
(1932)A young man’s sentence to reform school after not implicating his bootlegger idol becomes a cause when he escapes to expose the system’s brutality.

Kid Galahad
(1937)When a bellhop knocks out fighter Chuck McGraw, promoter Nick Donati realizes he's a potential champ.

Of Human Bondage
(1934)After getting dumped by a heartless waitress, a club-footed medical school student takes her back when she returns pregnant with another man’s baby.